Nineteenth-Century Matters is an initiative jointly run by the British Association for Romantic Studies and the British Association for Victorian Studies. Now in its tenth year, it is aimed at postdoctoral researchers who have completed their PhD, but who are not currently employed in a full-time academic post. Nineteenth-Century Matters offers unaffiliated early career researchers […]

BAVS 2026 PGR Pre-Conference Online Workshop Monday 13 July, 10am-4.30pm (drop-ins welcome!) Online via Microsoft Teams This pre-conference workshop is designed for postgraduate researchers attending the BAVS 2026 Conference in Liverpool (27–29 July), offering a supportive space to connect and prepare for the event. PGRs not attending BAVS 2026 and early career researchers who feel […]

HistoryLab+ and HistoryUK have together developed a UK-wide survey of the support and access to resources available to historical researchers post-PhD. HistoryLab+ is the UK’s national network for early career historians (ECHs). It is open to people (a) approaching the end of their doctorate in History (or a related subject) or (b) with a doctorate in […]

HistoryLab+ and HistoryUK have together developed a UK-wide survey of the support and access to resources available to historical researchers post-PhD. HistoryLab+ is the UK’s national network for early career historians (ECHs). It is open to people (a) approaching the end of their doctorate in History (or a related subject) or (b) with a doctorate […]

The James Hogg Society is delighted to announce that we will be holding a conference at the University of Glasgow on July 2-4, 2027. We warmly invite paper proposals that engage with any aspect of Hogg’s life and writing and with the broader community of authors associated with Scottish Romanticism. The first volume of The […]

Victorian Poetry invites submissions for its 2026 Early Career Essay Prize, which recognizes exemplary essays by untenured scholars of all ranks and affiliations (including NTT and graduate student colleagues). Conferred on an annual basis, the prize carries an award of $500 and publication in Victorian Poetry. Strong essays that do not win the award may also be […]

Studentship Histories of Pollution in the Urban Art Museum, c. 1840–1900Download The link to the application can be found here. This post has been re-published by permission from the BAVS Postgraduates Blog. Please see the original post at:https://victorianist.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/ahrc-collaborative-doctoral-partnership-cdp-studentship-histories-of-pollution-in-the-urban-art-museum-c-1840-1900/

International conference “Nations, knowledge, ideologies from the 18th century to today” Université de Lorraine – IDEA Nancy, 14th-16th October 2026 Keynote speakers Guy Beiner (Boston College), Stefan Berger (Ruhr Universität, Bochum), Richard Bourke (King’s College, Cambridge), Aileen Moreton-Robinson (University of Queensland) Conference theme and rationale At a time when the concept of the nation is […]

Registration is now open. Annual Conference British Association for Victorian Studies | Liverpool John Moores University There are a number of options to choose from for your BAVS registration, especially as we now have a Mid-Career Professionalisation morning, as well as one for PGR/ECR delegates on Monday 27 July. Delegates will have the option to […]

We are seeking hosts for the BAVS Annual Conference for 2027, 2028, and 2029. Expressions of interest are warmly invited via a short form available on the BAVS website: https://bavs.ac.uk/host-the-bavs-annual-conference/. The deadline for submissions is 1 July 2026. Informal enquiries are very welcome and may be directed to the Secretary, Dr Claire Wood (claire.wood@leicester.ac.uk) This […]

The Tennyson Society, which has several hundred members world-wide, is looking for a new Membership Secretary.  There will be an annual Honorarium of £300 for approximately 2 hours work per month. The job entails keeping the Society’s membership lists up-to-date, enrolling new members, recording annual subscription payments and keeping in touch with Society activities through […]

Dear colleagues, Please find below the call for papers for the symposium “Beyond the Self: Life Writing and the Nonhuman (19th-20th centuries).” A longer version of the call is available online here. The symposium will take place at Université Paris Cité on 11-12 March 2027. Please feel free to circulate this call widely among colleagues and networks.  The deadline for paper proposals […]

To celebrate the publication of the 200th book in our landmark Studies in Imperialism series, Manchester University Press are hosting a special event at the Institute of Historical Research, London. We look forward to welcoming academics, researchers, and librarians whose engagement with the series has helped shape scholarship and strengthen institutional collections over the past […]

Beauty and the Revival of Faith 8-10 May, 2026 The Archbishop’s Palace, Southwell, Notts, U.K. ­Visual Theology’s fourth conference takes place this coming May. Our programme is finalised and we are now open for booking. This conference is designed to suit a range of interests and professional or avocational concerns; we invite everyone who values […]

As we prepare for BAVS 2026, which will take place from 27 – 29 July, we would like to create an opportunity for PGRs to connect ahead of the conference. We are therefore exploring the possibility of hosting an online social meet-up and conference preparation session, giving attendees a chance to meet, share ideas, and […]

Dr Emily Jessica Turner is a writer, researcher, and occasional picture-maker. By day she works in charity communications, and by candlelight she reads, writes, and draws. Her background is in journalism and academia, and she has a BA in English and Fine Art, an MA in Literature and Culture 1700-1900, and a doctorate in the medical […]

Thomas Hardy Week in July The 27th International Thomas Hardy Festival and Conference will attract literature enthusiasts from across the globe from 25th July to 1st August 2026. This week-long event offers an extensive celebration of Thomas Hardy, the renowned Victorian novelist and poet. Delegates will enjoy morning lectures by keynote speakers at the Dorford […]

Digital Humanities Workshop with Gale Online | Tuesday 19th May 2026 | 3.15 – 4.30pm (UK time) Register HERE ……. VPFA is proud to be partnering with Gale to provide a digital humanities workshop FREE for all members. Excitingly, this comes with a generous offer from Gale to provide FREE access to Gale Digital Scholar Lab to Universities based […]

A one-day conference at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, on Wednesday 2 September 2026 (funded by a Royal Society of Edinburgh collaborative project award) In his chapter “‘The Second City of the Empire’ Glasgow – Imperial municipality” in Driver and Gilbert ed. Imperial Cities (2003), John Mackenzie argued that although population was the principal criterion for […]

We are delighted to announce a new online event to mark Dickens’s passing. On this occasion, our theme does not dwell on the Inimitable’s death, but focuses instead on his ever-expanding life on the big and small screen. Dickens was first adapted for silent cinema in 1901, and since then his work has appeared countless […]

Conference date: Saturday 10 October 2026 Format: in-person Location: Senate House, London We are pleased to announce the call for papers for this year’s Dickens Day on the topic of ‘Dickens and Family’. Coinciding with the 180th anniversary of the publication of Dombey and Son in October 1846, the day will focus on how the concept of […]

Spring Talks – African Atlantic Lives and Visual Culture Research Network Contact: Jenny Terry j.a.terry@durham.ac.uk All welcome to these three talks! Network thanks are due to the British Association for American Studies for support via a BAAS Development Grant and the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture (CVAC) at Durham for their community building. Please […]

The 3rd British Music Hall Society ConferenceSaturday 21st and/or Sunday 22nd November 2026The Cinema Museum, 2 Dugard Way, London SE11 4TH “CATERING FOR PEOPLE’S DESIRES AND NEEDS IN THE MUSIC HALL”  CALL FOR PAPERS Illustration of the Alhambra from The Cornhill Magazine, p.8, Vol. IV, July to December 1861. A FRENCHMAN’S IMPRESSIONS OF ENGLAND at […]

Nineteenth-Century Matters 2026 Liverpool John Moores University Outline Nineteenth-Century Matters is an initiative jointly run by the British Association for Romantic Studies and the British Association for Victorian Studies. Now in its tenth year, it is aimed at postdoctoral researchers who have completed their PhD, but who are not currently employed in a full-time academic […]

Human–Animal Relations in Victorian Popular Literature and CultureA special issue of Victorian Popular Fictions Journal Guest-edited by Bethany Dahlstrom and Helena Esser Victorian popular fiction is replete with animals – racing horses, loyal dogs, caged birds, exotic creatures, and anthropomorphic companions. These beings carried immense symbolic significance: they could function as status symbols, metaphors for […]

Registration Open: Centre for Victorian Studies Colloquium 2026 – ‘New Directions in Nineteenth-Century Studies’Explore new horizons in Victorian Studies at our one-day colloquium!Date: 30 April 2026 Venue: Royal Holloway, University of London (Egham Campus) Dear colleagues, We’re delighted to announce that booking is now open for the Centre for Victorian Studies Colloquium 2026, which this year is on […]

Dear BAVS members, I’m getting in touch with a reminder of our EGM next Monday, which has been called to bring the BAVS constitution in line with current practice. The EGM is open to all BAVS members and we warmly encourage you to attend. At this short meeting, we will outline and vote on the […]

In our efforts to make BAVS more accessible, we are rebranding The Victorianist as a blog for everyone, expanding its audience while continuing to share news, CFPs, and updates for Victorianists. PGR and ECR work will continue to be featured and promoted via our Researcher Blog.  We are also moving the primary BAVS posting from Twitter/X to […]

Victorian Expansions: Cross-Cultural Migrations Conference – Friday, April 24, 2026Conference Page                                   Image: The Last of England, Ford Madox Brown, 1855 About the Conference The Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York, in collaboration with the Centre for Modern Studies and the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies at York, is pleased to […]

Senior Assistantship in English Literary Studies 90 % Start of employment is 1 August 2026 The English Department of the University of Zurich invites applications for a postdoctoral teaching and research position (Oberassistenz) in the field of English Literary Studies (British, North American and/or New Anglophone Literatures and Cultures) to start on 1 August 2026. […]